Chapter 234: A Broken Heart
She tried to brush it all off and go to sleep, but the feeling continued to persist, causing her to turn and squirm continuously. Eventually, she couldn't take it anymore and let out a frustrated breath, her eyes opening wide.
"I'm now the only one who's left alone again..." she thought to herself, biting her lower lip. The very thing she'd been afraid of was happening all over again.
Scenes of the downfall of her family began playing in her head—how after her parents were gone, everyone began turning a blind eye to her, whether the vassals she once trusted or those of neighboring fiefs who acted as if her fiefdom's demise had nothing to do with them.
How she'd been forced to do unimaginable things just to survive—being treated as an ornament, an object used to relieve one's stress, or how she'd sold her body time and time again just to keep on living.
